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Hi Folks,You might want to take a look at Vivaldi browser vivaldi.com. It was created by the developer of Opera (recently sold) and built on Chrome except it doesn't collect your information and call home. I've been kicking the tires on it and bit and like it very well, thus far. Tons of features.

I tried Vivaldi a while ago and remember being impressed with it but I had some issues but for the life of me I can't remember what they were now but the project was in it's infancy at that time so these issues could well be sorted out now.

Another thing that put me off is that it's closed source if my memory serves me right

Graeme

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If you can keep your head while all around are losing theirs then you're not quite grasping the situation

The browser is actually based on the Chromium engine (Which is open source and licensed under BSD license). Meaning that the core of the browser (90% of it) is available to the public. Other components and modifications – such as the UI – are also “viewable” and can be downloaded from vivaldi.com/source. [But] there’s no “complete license” for the whole project. It can’t be said the Vivaldi is actually open source and licensed under “BSD” license. Some files in the source code have their own copyright notice. Meaning that it’s not free (as in freedom). But it can be said that Vivaldi provides the major part of its code to the public “to view”.

Basically, it's a lot like Chrome. Open Source for the most part, but with a few proprietary touches. Either way, it doesn't matter to me. I'm fine with using proprietary software, I do it every time I boot my main desktop computer. (graphics driver)

Do you like Vivaldi better than Chromium? I know Opera is, has been, and probably will be buggy --but it still honors Norway's privacy laws. Would that mean it still calls home to China? I really don't know. And, Yandex, although it moves like lightning, it now has to deal with new Russian data policies --which aren't in the average user's interest, I might add. Vivaldi has an active forum, but I noticed that one the flaming creeps that was in Opera's forum from years ago has now migrated to the Vivaldi forum. He and another clown were two of the reasons why I moved to the now defunct Maxthon for LInux years ago. I haven't yet found how to install Vivaldi from the command line as I have with Opera and Yandex either. But, overall, after weeding out all the sites it adds by default, would you still give Vivaldi a thumbs up? I suspect you feel better with Vivaldi than Chrome, but Chromium ?

By the way, I always felt that Chrome was excellent on matters of security, but lousy on matters of privacy. I think Google/Alphabet wants to track us for ad revenue.

perknh

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[T]here are a lot of people happily running Peppermint ICE which hasn't been receiving ANY updates for a while now .. and I personally would STILL consider that MUCH more secure than any version of Windows with up-to-date AV/Anti-malware

I always felt that Chrome was excellent on matters of security, but lousy on matters of privacy. I think Google/Alphabet wants to track us for ad revenue

Agreed. As I understand it, Chrome is the most secure browser but collects & keeps user data something awful. I like browsers built on Chrome but without the data mining.I'm still experimenting with Vivaldi and the verdict is not in, yet, for me. I like the quickness of Opera (but it's buyer is a bit unsettling.....especially considering its less-than-friendly relationship with the US) and the privacy of FF and generally use one of those two with the advantage going to Opera (at least for me but, of course, YMMV). Vivaldi is supposed to offer security and privacy but is slower than Opera but about the same as FF (maybe a little slower). I'm still playing around with it and tweaking here and there. We'll see. But, for now, yes I do like it.....the note feature is a great tool IMHO.

Yandex is a good browser but I share your concerns. SlimJet is another one I've tried but found a bit flaky as with Maxthon but both are very much usable. At any rate, I'll keep you posted.

main_lab = Gtk.Label() main_lab.set_markup("<b>Warning: No Suitable Browser Detected</b>") text_lab = Gtk.Label("The name of the SSB will cause an existing SSB to\nbe overwritten. To prevent this, change a letter in\nthe name. Continue anyway?") text_lab = Gtk.Label("Ice requires a system installation of either Google\nChrome or Chromium in order to function. Please\ninstall at least one in order to create SSBs.")

main_lab = Gtk.Label() main_lab.set_markup("<b>Warning: HTTP or URL Error</b>") text_lab = Gtk.Label("An error with the web address has been detected.\nThis is possibly the site being down or unavailable\nright now. Continue anyway?")

for fl in os.listdir(_APPS_DIR): a = "{0}/{1}".format(_APPS_DIR, fl) if not os.path.isdir(a): nameline, pixbuf = get_details(a) if nameline is not None and pixbuf is not None: liststore.append([pixbuf, nameline])

if not os.path.exists(_CHROME_BIN) and not \ os.path.exists(_CHROMIUM_BIN) and not \ os.path.exists(_VIVALDI_BIN) and not \ os.path.exists(_FIREFOX_BIN): apply_button.set_sensitive(False) NoBrowserError()